Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrites: media-gfx/picasa, dev-python/papyon, net-voip/telepathy-butterfly, sci-visualization/paraview, x11-misc/xdaf
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:49:51
Message-Id: CAGfcS_ms9b-hMrpUpzdLmDb1JyxTxjJLETHCjr+D7Khm75mT_A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrites: media-gfx/picasa, dev-python/papyon, net-voip/telepathy-butterfly, sci-visualization/paraview, x11-misc/xdaf by "Tomáš Chvátal"
1 On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Tomáš Chvátal <tomas.chvatal@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > no matter what are Richs opinions he is not the one crating global policies
3 > for this, so the defaults still are that we encourage adding all stuff to main
4 > tree where possible.
5
6 Relax, and don't make it personal.
7
8 The bottom line is that some encourage putting stuff in the tree, and
9 others like to work from overlays. No developer is going to get
10 banned for working on an overlay on the side.
11
12 In the end packages in the tree will be better maintained if
13 developers step up and maintain them, and packages in an overlay will
14 be better maintained if developers step up and maintain them.
15 Anything else is just flames on the lists.
16
17 I never claimed to speak for a majority, and the only time I concern
18 myself with majority opinion is when following policies or voting as a
19 trustee.
20
21 Rich